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invaders, but the Emperor confided their chastisement to Muhammad Khan. 
Daler Khan, chela, was ordered off with a proper force, and marching rapid¬ 
ly he ejected the Thdnas of the enemy from the parganahs of Kalpi and 
Jalalpur. # The inhabitants then began to return to the plundered towns. 
At this period Nawab Amin-ud-din ’Itimad-ud-daula passed away.f 
Some of his enemies considered that Muhammad Khan had been favoured 
by the late Wazir, and they caused letters to be written to the Rajahs of 
Chanderi and Orchha and to other zamindars, instigating them to resistance. 
The Hindus assembled to the number of thirty thousand horse, besides 
countless infantry. 
Kaim Khan, the Nawab’s son, then faujdar of Sarkar Ghora, had 
meanwhile been besieging for a year the town of Tarahwan,J the residence 
of Pahar Singh. This place had four forts, very strong, surrounded with 
jungle, steep ravines, and difficult passages through the hills. Kaim Khan 
had with him ten thousand horse, and by the greatest exertions he succeed¬ 
ed in capturing the fortress. He then made ready to march to the aid of 
Daler Khan. 
Muhammad Khan now represented to the Emperor, that if the punish¬ 
ment of the rebels were not heartily desired, the army had better be recall¬ 
ed. The Emperor encouraged Muhammad Khan to persevere. But he, 
discouraged by the number of letters sent by his enemies to the Hindu 
Rajahs, wrote repeatedly to Daler Khan enjoining him to restore the forts 
and villages of the enemy. Times had changed and the campaign must be 
relinquished. Despite these orders, Daler Khan, in the pride of his courage 
and resolution, thought not of the superiority of the enemy and refused to 
withdraw from offensive operations. 
On the 29th Rajab of the 3rd year of the reign (1133 H., 13th May, 
1721) Chattarsal advanced with nearly thirty thousand horse and a numer¬ 
ous artillery. Daler Khan with the force he had, some four thousand horse 
and foot, prepared for the attack. He rode at the enemy at the head of 
five hundred men, and threw them into confusion. By the fickleness of 
fortune he now received, besides sword and spear wounds, two bullet shots, 
one in the forehead and one in the breast. He expired on the spot, and his 
five hundred companions, after prodigies of valour, were all slain. § When 
the emperor, Muhammad Shah, heard of Daler Khan’s death, he made a 
present to Muhammad Khan, by way of consolation, of a jewelled aigrette 
and a khilat. || 
* In the Hamirpur District. 
f He died in Rahi 1133 H. (January 1721). 
X In the Banda District, 42 miles east of Banda. Gaz. N. W. P. I, 593. 
§ The “ Siyar-ul-Mutakharin,” p. 452, says Daler Khan had 1000 men with him, 
of whom 700 or 800 were killed. 
|| S-ul-M. p. 452, 
